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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE HIGH POINT MODEL CITY COMMISSION
June 23,1972
By End of Agency^s Third Year
Model Cities Bringing Over $10 Million
By the end of Model Cities’ Third
Action Year, which will begin August
1, the local agency will have pumped
more than $10 million into High
Point’s economy.
The Third Action Year, which is
expected to receive final approval by
the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) soon, will
mark the third consecutive year in
which the local Model Cities program
has been granted an annual total of
$1,770,000 by the federal department.
Using these supplemental monies
as leverage, High Point Model Cities
has attracted an additional total of
$4,755,954 from other sources.
To date, better than $3.5 million of
the HUD supplemental monies have
been spent. By the end of the up
coming fiscal year, the local agency
is expected to have spent $5,277,295
in these funds.
The total budget available for
spending including HUD grants and
matching funds, will have been $10,-
033,249.
The impact of this amount on High
Point ’s wide-spread, and has made
an effect on many aspects of the com
munity’s development.
A thorough study of this impact
will be made in the coming years by
Model Cities’ relatively new evalu
ation system.
The funds to be administered by
High Point’s Model Cities by the end
of Third Action Year (July 31, 1973)
are distributed as follows:
Health and Social Services — $3,-
266,893, or 32 percent.
Education — $2,002,169, or 20 per
cent.
Housing and Physical Environment
— $1,714,027, or 17 percent.
Cultural Center’s
Summer Program
Holds Registration
Registration for Model Cities Cul
tural Arts’ summer program is continu
ing at the center at 417 Walnut Street.
The program began June 12 and
will continue through August 25. In
struction and creativity in music, art
and drama will be offered.
During the summer months, Cul
tural Arts will open on a 9 a.m. to
8 p.m. schedule.
Instrumental music, chorus and in
troduction to piano keyboard will be
available, as will beadcraft, leather
craft, fine arts and art history. Young
sters may also enroll in the drama
program, which will include set de
sign, stagecraft, and preparation of
three one-act plays.
Time and dates for try-outs and re
hearsals will be posted. Classes will
be held according to age group.
For more information, call director
Thurman DuBose at 885-0759.
Economic and Manpower Develop
ment — $1,159,971, or 12 percent.
Program Administration — $964,854,
or 10 percent.
Evaluation and Citizen Participa
tion — $397,514, or 4 percent.
Crime and Juvenile Delinquency —
$338,195, or 3 percent.
Recreation and Culture — $18,626,
or 2 percent.
In addition. Model Cities was in
strumental in building two housing
subdivisions for low-income families:
London Woods and Farmington For
est. Together these housing projects
represent a budget of approximately
$5,450,000 and when completed, will
provide homes for nearly 330 families.
A total of 272 jobs have been creat
ed as a direct result of Model Cities
in High Point.
Countless persons have or will re
ceive job training of some sort as a
result of Model Cities projects such
as Comprehensive Manpower to en
hance their chances competing in the
employment market. Small minority
businessmen, too, are receiving a
boost with the help of the High Point
Business Development Corporation,
another Model Cities project.
Although many of Model Cities pro
jects are geared particularly to it§ tar
get area, the Model Neighborhood,
the social benefits and economic im
pact of its presence is felt city-wide.
HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES (38%)
$2,420,927
RECREATION AND
CULTURE (2%)
J141,477
EDUCATION (15%)
$959,176
PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION (10%)
$635,539
TOTAL MODEL CITIES
PROGRAM
$6,378,011
EVALUATION AND CITIZEN
PARTICIPATION (4%)
$237,766
HOUSING AND PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT (17%)
$1,096,452
CRIME AND JUVENILE
DELINQUENCY (3%)
$209,599
ECONOMIC AND MANPOWER
DEVELOPMENT (11%)
1 $677,075 I
Where the Money Has Gone
Distribution of funds through end
of Second Fiscal Year, July 31, 1972
Model Cities Comprehensive Plan
Far-Reaching, Has City-wide Impact
How does the “Model Cities pro
cess” pay off? What are the results of
citizen involvement in the planning
which has occurred, the allocation of
funds, and the evaluation of project
performance? What difference has
Model Cities made in High Point?
These questions are asked more and
more frequently by people from all
over High Point. At this time, on the
verge of Model Cities’ Third Action
Year, some of the results have been
assessed.
The following effects on the com
munity have been documented by
program area:
EDUCATION
Three primary concerns were re
vealed in the Model Cities process —
the lack of services for pre-school
children, both normal and handicap
ped; few opportunities for career and
vocational education in the public
school system; and the inability of
most Model Neighborhood residents
to attend college.
In concert with county, state and
federal agencies, the Model City Com
mission established the Fore-See
Agency, a division of Guilford Tech
nical Institute. This agency is the um
brella agency and coordinating com
munity mechanism for pre-school de
velopmental programs in the city.
Three years ago, there were fewer
than 25 Model Neighborhood chil
dren enrolled in professionally direct
ed pre-school developmental pro
grams. Today there are 300.
The problems involved in estab
lishing a broad-based career and vo
cational education curriculum within
the public school system are being ad
dressed by task forces and local, state
and federal school officials. The prob
lems have been identified and pub
licized by Model Cities; this step, in
itself, is the first step toward some
remedial action.
With the cooperation of A & T
State University and the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Model Cities has been able to pro
vide college educations for 200 stu
dents who otherwise would not be
able to afford it. This program will
particularly impact upon the city
when these young persons return to
High Point to take their place as com
munity leaders.
In addition to these primary thrusts.
Model Cities has also been respon
sible for devising a city-wide plan
for a learning disabilities program
and continues to sponsor summer re
medial projects for 50 students who
have fallen behind academically in
the regular school session.
HEALTH
Primary family health care remains
the priority for Model Cities efforts
in this program area. The recent co
alition formed between Model Cities
and United Community Services will,
hopefully, lead to the establishment
of a viable primary care system for
citizens who, for a number of rea
sons, find it difficult to enter the
existing health resources in the city.
Model Cities, meanwhile, has estab
lished the Demonstration Health Cen
ter in the Southside. It is hoped that
this center will serve as an entry and
screening center in the system pre
sently under development.
In support of High Point Memorial
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